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A. McNALLY.

TRACE CARRIER.

No. 371,345. Patented Oct. 11, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AUSTIN MONALLY, OF CASCADE, IOWA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO J AMES A. HAYES, OF SAME PLACE.

TRACE-CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 371,345, dated October 11, 1887.

Application filed March 23, 1887. Serial No. 232,097.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, AUsTIN MONALLY, of Cascade, in the county of Dubuque and State of Iowa, have invented a new and Improved Trace-Carrier, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention consists of a trace-carrier having a block of soft india-rubber fitted in its crown and projecting down between the prongs on which the cockeyes are placed, as hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a plan view of my new and improved trace-carrier attached to the back-strap and crupper, and showing the cockeyes in place; and Fig. 2 is asectional elevation taken on the line a: a: of Fig. 1.

The trace-carrier A is cast in a single piece with the central and elevated crown, a. At its front the carrier is formed with the loop I) to receive the back-strap B, and at the back with the loop a to receive the crupper C. At each side is formed a loop, (I, to receive hipstraps in the usual manner. The crown-piece which is fitted the block 1), of soft rubber, and

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on each side of the opening e is formed upon the under surface of the crown a a prong, f. These prongs receive the cockeyes E, which, after being placed under the lower ends ofthe prongs f, are drawn downward at their outer ends over the cross-piece h as fulcrums,to force the inner endsof the cockeyes between the block of rubber and the lower ends of the prongs. The prongs fare slightly curved toward the center of the holder, as shown in Fig. 2, so that when the cockeyes pass their lower ends the rubber will hold them securely in place, so that there will be no danger of their casual detachment from the holder.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A trace-carrier having suitable loops and prongs, f, and a block, D, of soft rubber held between the prongs, substantially as described.

2. The crown a of the trace-carrier, formed with the prongs ff and with the opening e between the prongs, in combination with block D, of rubber, inserted in the opening 6, substantially as described.

AUSTIN MONALLY.

Vitnesses:

J AMES MOORE, Ronnnr McN-ALLY. 

